Ruler
Severus Alexander 222-235 AD
Value
Sestertius
Reverse Legend
PROVIDENTIA AVG
Grade
Good very fine (MBC)
Mint
Rome
Date
231 AD
Weigth and Diameter
18,09 g., 31 mm.
Metal
Bronze
Roman Empire - Severus Alexander (222-235 A.D.).
Bronze sestertius (18,09 g., 31 mm.). Minted in Rome, 231 A.D.
IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG Laureate head of Severus Alexander to right, with slight drapery on his left shoulder. /
PROVIDENTIA AVG / S - C Providentia standing front, head to left, holding two grain ears in her right hand and cornucopiae in her left; at feet to left, modius.
RIC IV, 642b; C. 503.
gVF. Green original patina.
2023-10273 (1080)